Design Manager - Network Rail

Description

• Provide technical support to quality and design processes including change control, request for information, non-conformance and defect notices.
• Review key technical interfaces with adjacent contracts or existing third-party assets.
• Management of health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and
• Ensure that technical issues are identified, escalated and resolved as efficiently as possible.
• To implement the processes of the Design Management Plan and BIM Execution Plan, and provide feedback on performance of the design against the Design Management Plan for continuous improvement.
• Ensure culture and behaviours meet client Construction Partner Objectives in collaboration with all parties.
• Support the review of major Assurance deliverables.
• Ensure a suitable regime of intervention and verification to deliver the necessary technical assurance, particularly where scope is progressively fixed and assured.
• To manage a design programme and cost forecast keeping a register of potential risk and opportunities and ensuring the Engineering Change Control process is implemented.
• Liaise and coordinate with client and relevant stakeholders, including other Technical Leads, the Lead Designer Representative and Assurance Manager.
• Develop an approach to design driven by value and collaborative working with the Design team, Construction team and the supply chain/subconsultants.
• Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Guide the development of the design to achieve a safe, buildable, operational and maintainable asset that is compliant with Technical and Project Requirements.
• Review and approve of all design submissions before issuing to the client and/or third parties.
• Manage and progress design packages through Concept, Scheme and Detailed design to completion
• Ensure exemplary quality and sustainability standards.

Requirements

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and manage own time.
• Appropriate CSCS and sentinel card.
• Have excellent communication skills (including presentation skills) in English, both written and verbal and the ability to report at both Project and Board level.
• Membership of an appropriate Professional body, typically Chartered member of Institute of Civil Engineering or an international equivalent professional status.
• Experience in the application of Network Rail Technical Assurance procedures NR/L2/RSE/02009 & NR/L2/CIV/003 and Network Rail Stakeholder management.
• Experience within a similar role within an appropriately sized engineering/construction organisation.
• Educated to degree or higher level or equivalent in a numerate discipline, typically Engineering discipline (or related). A lower educational level, typically HNC or HND, may be acceptable where a very significant level of experience in a senior technical engineering role can be demonstrated.
• Ability to manage teams of people in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• A good working knowledge of the:

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance